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A product of the Groningen academy Hateboer made his debut in 2013 before helping the Green-White Army win the KNVB Cup in the 2014–15 against defending champions PEC Zwolle. It was their first major trophy and they qualified for the UEFA Europa League.[1][2]

He was in the last season of his contract at Groningen and had made it clear his intention to leave on a Bosman so Groningen sold him to Atalanta in the January transfer window rather than lose him for nothing in the summer.[3] When he left Groningen in January 2017 Hateboer had been credited with the most assists for a defender in the Eredivise that season.[4]

In the 2017–18 season Hateboer became a regular for Atalanta B.C. and was rumoured to be attracting scouts from AC Milan.[5]